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Monday, October 5, 2009

This Post Is Brought To You By....Scraps

Scraps are treasures. Sheree sent me a box of scraps from a giveaway and when they arrived I decided that I would make something to share the love...kinda like an unofficial pay it forward. I think Sheree likes pink because there was an abundance of pink scraps in the box, so this is what I came up with:before quilting...after quilting and a wash and dry...The quilts are pink, pink sun, pink clouds, pink back, pink binding. Everything from scraps (Sheree's and mine)...even the background is a scrap from an old tablecloth. Thanks Sheree! If only I had a little girl, or even a pink room, I'd keep this in an instant, but alas, I don't. So, if you'd like this to come to your house, let me know where it might go or who you might give it to. I'll draw a name randomly on Friday. If you left a comment on Ben's blog, consider yourself entered and feel free to enter again! It's 25 x 22.I made more houses too....I'm up to 21....these all need their sashing.I might want to live in the Frank Lloyd Wright inspired one.Amy's blocks are done for her month in the Common Threads virtual quilting bee. Again, fun blocks to make. These range from 2 inches to 6.5 inches.I'm done making small quilts for a bit. Mostly I've done them to practice with my machine. It's time to break out the big quilts and get them under that machine.

Speaking of scraps and treasures...you should see Penny's 'Scraps to Treasure' quilt. Stunning! I'm working on my scraps to treasure project this week too.

186 comments:

Aren't Sheree's scraps awesome! I made a cute little wonky house mini quilt with mine! Oh so fun. I love your clothes line! Oh so cute! I must win. Musn't I? Yes I think I should. I'm loving your house blocks too! I'll be making several of those myself over the next few months. Can't wait to get started. Have a Happy Week Jacquie! P.S. Today is the official day of starting to run again. Wish me luck!

I couldn't give it away if I won so I'd have to be selfish and keep it! Originals by Jacquie!!! I'm truly considering painting an accent wall in the basement pink...when I move my sewing space down there. LOVE your houses. Hubby loves Frank Lloyd Wright that's on our "to see" list when we visit Chicago this weekend.

I love your clothes line quilt. I would have to give it to my little girl who LOVES pink! Wow, I can't believe you are giving away a quilt. This is such an awesome giveaway. Thank you! I love your house blocks too!

Oops never mind. I just remembered Ben is your son, and he has a blog for his band. I had stopped by last week, but I didn't leave a comment. Anyway, sorry for the lapse in memory. I am a very regular reader.

Wow, Jacquie you made an art piece with scraps! I know my little 3-year old daughter would love a pink clothesline of quilts in her bedroom, so please enter me in your draw. I can't wait to see your house blocks come together. Beautiful!

Ohh how funny, today i blogged about scraps too, must be unofficial scrap Monday! I love your quilt, very like the sky here in the Chiltern Hills in England today, i'd love to win this, i'd give it to my scrap loving daughter Lara Belle (aged 6) to inspire her already growing creativity with scraps!

I've had a home office for years but the work demands have slowed and the creative me is chomping at the bit to stop dreaming and start creating. Your little pink beauty is the perfect color and just the inspiration I need.

If you gave it to me I would give it to my four year old son. His favorite color is pink and he tells me about his pink house that has a tiny keyhole for a pink key. The best part about the pink house is that there is a "nee-nee room"-a sewing room for the two of us that has a big table for me and a smaller table for him. My DH asked if he could have a table in our "nee-nee" room but DS shut him out. It's just for the two of us to work on our projects.

It's a great idea for scraps. I love how the quilts look like they are blowing on the line.

my boo would adore this little quilt! she is into all things pink and girly...and every day? she wishes the sun a good morning...seriously...she wishes the moon a good night, too...i left a comment for ben the other day...giggle...poor thing getting comments from all of his mom's friends! ☺

Oh, please enter me, I would give this to my newest little friend, Eloise. She joined us on the 25th of October, her mom's birthday. After three days of labor, a c-section, difficult with the incision, and almost leaving us with a horrible hemorrhage, mom and daughter are finally home and getting to know each other. It has been a long ten days and this quilt would bring more pink sunshine into their lives.

Sweet, sweet scraps! Let's see, if I were to be the lucky recipient, I might share with my pink-loving niece, or formerly pink-loving-but-moved-onto-blue daughter, or maybe it will join my other mini-quilts on my sewing room wall. It might have to live several lives! Thanks for the giveaway Jacquie.

Well, you've met my daughter so you know that I'd have to give it to her! She is a quilter too although more free form. So this sort of quilt would be good inspiration for her. Thanks Jacquie. You inspire both Kate and me!!!Julie

I have two daughters (5 and 6) who share a pink room. This quilt would be a perfect addition. Also, they were introduced to quilting this weekend by their Aunt and helped sew dolls and hand sewed quilts for their dolls. Now, they want a sewing maching. One daughter has decided she will sew only and the other will sew and knit (she has learned knitting also). Great to start them at a young age. I have decided I would like to learn to quilt so I've been lurking, enjoying your beautiful quilts!

That is such a sweet little quilt! I am expecting in November, and if I have a girl (after two boys) I would hang it up over her change table so she can enjoy it. If I have a boy, I would give it to my god daughter for her birthday. I think the pretty pinks would look great against the bright green walls in her bedroom.

I'm thinking that is just too pretty & would be perfect for my utility room. I'm obsessive about hanging washing on the line;(- it makes me feel unbelievably happy!) I'm dreading the winter when it happens infrequently but this would be a beautiful reminder of happier washing days!Chris x

Oh my dear goodness gracious!!! I think I would pee my pants if I received this adorable wall hanging! (Its a chance I am willing to take though! :-) I am moving in December, and I will have my own LAUNDRY ROOM in my new house!! Since I will be spending A LOT of time in that little room, it would be PERFECT in there!

I love the laundry quilts you've made. They are adorable. If I won this one I would give it to my mother in law in Egypt. They don't use dryers there, but everything goes on the clothesline! And its always sunny too. Nice work.

I love the little quilt with the quilts flapping in the breeze. i would hang it in my studio beside the one I purchased from Robin at simplyrobin and the space for my piece that will be coming from Lisa Call. I know it would just make me happy to look at it every day!

So many pretty things to see on your blog (and holy cow, 2 inch blocks???)

If that gorgeous little wash day mini came to live at my house it would hang in my pink-loving princess's bedroom (even though I would l-o-v-e to have it hang in my office... but I know how much she'd love it)

Oh I love it! I have been eyeing your clothesline quilts for a while and they always look great. I am starting a new job next week and I think this would be a great way to personalize my small cube. I have been thinking for a while now about how I could make that small space personal and incorporate something I love. I had been toying with the idea of making a small wall quilt for the space but have been to busy tackling the things on my to do list before returning to work. This would be just perfect because it would capture my love of quilts and the color pink all in one place :) I left Ben a comment too I know he is excited about the experience and what a great thing for him.

The laundry quilt is so cute well actually all of your quilts have inspired me to get back to my quilting roots. Ive spent the weekend in my pink and green sewing room trying to put order to all my stash (my hubby is always teasing me that I could open a fabric store with all my fabric) This would be so cute on my wall or on the wall of my girls bedroom. ( I have 3 girls and they share the same room, they also do all the laundry) Thank you for all the great ideas! Yours is probably my favorite blogspot.

Jacquie, that is so beautiful! What a generous soul you are. My pink-loving girls are requesting one just like it, I'm going to have to dig through my pink scraps and see what happens. Love your houses, they are so fun and seem very freeing, if you know what I mean...

If I were to win the give-a-way I would put it in my daughter’s room to go with the other miniature quilts we have been slowly working on. Pink is such a perfect “girl” color and would match my daughter’s curtains perfectly!

Now this is a pink quilt my daughter would go for! I've tried pink for her and she always tells me its too much, but THIS quilt she would hang proudly on her bedroom wall! Thanks so much for the chance, it really is a very darling quilt!! krousegirl2 at aol dot com

I'm always looking to add pink to my life since my family is all boys. I learn so much from your blog and admire your willingness to share both your successes and your "learning experiences." I'm glad I saw your quilt because my washer and dryer have been running since dawn.

I've just spent a few minutes catching up. How exciting for Ben, but "oh my"! I can only imagine the swirl of emotions that mom you must be having. Also, I know that these are the kinds of things in store for me in a few years....So much inspiration here - as usual I love everything you are up to. The improv houses - LOVE!!

If I won this quilt - I'd keep it for myself and I would put it in my laundry room. I spend a lot of time in my laundry room ( A LOT of time). I'd hang it over where I do my ironing and I would look at it and it would make me happy. And plus it may remind me to bring in the sheets off the line because I have a bad habit of forgetting to do that. With all of it's cherry pinky goodness it would bring a new joy to the drudgery of laundry.

I think my laundry room could really use this quilt!!! I could use this quilt!!! you can send it to me now and avoid the whole random number thing--I mean what a nuissance right? no--just send it to me. I'll give it a new home.

awww...so darn cute...love the pink, always have actually..nothing to do with having two girls and i think this would be hard to give away but i think my beautiful little gd would be the receiver of this...your houses are divine...love them..happy day :)

This is so pretty - and way past my quilting abilities! Most definitely, it would go in my daughter's bedroom. She's moving out of my older DS's room and reclaiming her own room. Much to DH and my confusion, she LOVES pink (and is very much a girlie girl, which I am not...)

Oh, that little clothesline quilt is beautiful!! I would give it to my four-year-old daughter for hanging in her room - I think she'd love it as much as I do. Thanks for the giveaway and all the inspiration on your blog! :)

What lovely work! thanks for passing along your giveaway winnings! I could hang this in my daughters room, or my niece who is ready to welcome her 4th brother!! but quite honestly, I would be very tempted to hang it in my own laundry room!!Thanks for the chance.Brinablrohloff at aol dot com

Love it! I'm still reeling over your last laundry line quilt and now this stunning one. Be still my heart! So fun and original. I would put this in my daughter's bedroom - she loves pink and it would look so cute. Thanks for the great giveaway!

I so love all your quilts. They are very inspirational. Your color combinations - what can I say! What would I do if I won your quilt? Although I would like to keep it for myself I'm sure my two granddaughters will have other ideas!

Jacquie, I so love this clothesline quilt! This one would definitely go to my little niece/godchild. She is turning five and would be perfect for you. What a wonderful job you did with the scraps. Love the houses too!

oooooh, do I have a girl that would love all that pink (and I could be talking about myself--but I know my daughter would want first dibs!). Beautiful, simple, so charming, charming, charming. And the little houses are making me very happy, too! Thanks for sharing!

Awww...! I just love those little pink quilts on the clothesline. My little girl, almost 3, is getting her own room soon and wants me to paint it pink of course, so it would go in there for sure. So sweet; I love it!

I love all your clothes line quilts, actually I love anything you do . . . love your new machine . . . studio . . . etc. We adopted two infants two years ago and life has been such a blur until now that I am just starting to have time to sew for their rooms. The pink clothes line quilt would look wonderful in my 2 year old daughters room! I started one for the boys room with waders like you did in Ray's . . . thanks for all the inspiration!

What a great idea for scraps--I love it! If I won, I'd put it in my 20-month old daughter's room, to complement the three other quilts, all gifts, that adorn her room. My goal is to raise her to love quilts and even make some of her own like mama, *grin*!

My little girls are going to be sharing a room soon, so I would hang the quilt in their room. I'm having another baby in a couple of months, so if it is another girl, all three girls could admire the quilt.

I love your inspiration! I love your little houses. I do have a little girlie, but I think it would better suit her little cousin's room--all pink and black and amazingly gorgeous due to a designer mother. Thank you for sharing!

i would love a chance to win this quilt. I would hang it in my laundry room in sunny florida where we just moved 3 months ago - on somewhat of an adventure, like ben. but with our 2 small boys! I don't get any pink either, but i'd love to have some in my laundry room or my craft room : ) I love these little treasures! You inspire me so much - I can't wait to show you the modern sailboat quilt i'm working on for my boys! thanks for blogging!Sara

Oh it is beautiful! What a delicious little quilt! Well if I won it it would go to my son - he is 5 and loves the colour pink. Whilst outside of the home peer pressure has finally won and he tells everyone he does not like pink, at home he still admits a real fondness for it! Thanks for the chance to win such a lovely giveaway.

What a sweet little quilt! I would have to decide between placing it in one of my daughters' rooms or in my laundry room, which I'm trying to spruce up so it's more enjoyable to be in there. :-) Chances are good that the girls' rooms would win.

I stumbled upon your blog a couple of months ago and you inspired me to get bernie tuned up and active again after a 5 year vacation. If I won it would hang over my desk reminding me every day where my inspiration came from. Thank you for sharing. I love tuning into your blog. monique

Hey Jacquie...a long admirer (stalker) and reader of your blog...I love everything you do. That pink clothesline quilt is so dang precious, I just cannot stand it! My granddaughter, Kaylynn, age 4, is such a girly girl and would love that! Great giveaway! The houses are very fun, don't you think?

I love it! Super cute with all the pinks, and even better that it is all scraps. I think I'll start saving my scraps just for an occasion such as this. If it came to my home, it would have it's very own wall in my sewing room where it would give off endless inspiration. Love it!

I loved your earlier clothesline quilt and this one too. My sewing room isn't all coordinated, but when I add something to it, I always choose shades of pink to red to burgundy (it started with the burgundy paisley comforter on the spare bed in my sewing room). I'd smile every time I saw your happy scrap clothesline hanging on my wall.Thanks so much,Kathleen C.villagequilter@gmail.com

Oh, how lovely! These little quilts remind me of summer days when my mom would have me hang the laundry. The sheets would blow in the breeze and later that night I'd smell the fresh air in my bed. Good memories. I'd love to hand this in my sewing room. I've got a blank spot right on the wall in front of my sewing table. It would be great inspiration! Thanks for sharing. Beth

Oooh...the laundry quilt is lovely! I would love to hang it in my guest/sewing room, which is right across from the laundry room :). The cheerfulness is greatly needed, as the sewing room is in the basement under a porch.

Jacquie, I absolutely love the house pink scraps quilt. My daugher would love this one! Please enter in the contest for it! Meanwhile, I love the houses too. I must do a quilt like this. Thanks for all your lovely information and things you share. You are an inspiration to me. Thanks, Stephanie from Maryland

I would love to hang this in my sewing/washroom to remind me of a truly inspiring friend.Also thanks to you and your son my boys were pretty amazed I knew who The Devil Wears Proda was and that I knew someone involved with the band. Not such a fuddy duddy after all.

I love your laundry quilts so much. I would love this one. My girls' room is pink -- and for that matter, so is their bathroom. It would be a perfect fit either place. Your work is phenomenal. I've never commented before, but I check your blog often. I love to see what you're up to.

If I won that little quilt I would put it in my laundry room....no it's too cute to go there....I would put it in my kitchen....not it's too nice to go there...I would put it...BELIEVE me I would find a place where it would be see and look gorgeous!! Thanks for the chance!Paulette

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